Erwein von der Leyen

Karl Eugen Damian Erwein, Fürst von der Leyen und zu Hohengeroldseck (3 April 1798 – 17 May 1879) was a Baden nobleman, Bavarian landowner and Major General.

Early life

He was born on 3 April 1798 at Wiesentheid, the son of Sophia Therese Walpurgis von Schönborn (1772–1810) and Philipp Franz Wilhelm Ignaz Peter von der Leyen (1766–1829), who briefly ruled the Principality of Leyen. His sister Amalia, was the wife of Count Louis Tascher de La Pagerie (a first cousin of the French Empress Josephine).

Upon his father's death in 1829, he inherited the title, Prince of Leyen and of Hohengeroldseck. thumb In 1818, Erwein married his double first cousin Sophie Therese of Schönborn-Buchheim (1798–1876), a daughter of Count Franz Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim and Countess Maria Sophie von der Leyen. Together, they were the parents of:

Philipp Franz Erwein Theodor von der Leyen (1819–1882), Franz Ludwig Erwein Damian von der Leyen (1821–1875), a Bavarian Major à la suite.

The Prince of Leyen died in Waal, Bavaria on 17 May 1879, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Philipp.

Descendants Through his son Philipp, he was a grandfather of Princess Maria Anna von der Leyen (1857–1936), who married Baron Anton von Aretin; Princess Julie Luise von der Leyen (1860–1930), wife of Count Hans von Franckenstein (son of Georg Arbogast von Franckenstein); Erwein von der Leyen (1863–1938), who married Princess Maria Charlotte of Salm-Reifferscheidt; and Princess Eugenie von der Leyen (1867–1929), a Roman Catholic mystic.